INDEX. 



Albixism, Herman Melville on, 

 115 ; why we are nnpleasantly 

 affected by, 115, IKJ. 



Animism, Dr. Tylor on, 119. 



Anumbius aouticaudatn?;, nest- 

 building habits of, 10. 



Apple Country, lOo. 



Armadilloes, 11, 13; bones of, 38; 

 defective sight of, 181. 



Arrow-heads, Pieleolithic and 

 Neolithic, 38; highly-finished, 

 39. ^ 



Asturina pucherani, a white-eyed 

 hawk, 18G. 



Azara, Felix de, on song birds in 

 Paraguay, 157, 161. 



Bacon, on embroider}', 54. 



Bain, on duration of sense-im- 

 pressions, 243, 2J-G, 2l-!». 



Bates, on bird mnsic in South 

 America, 154; on Cyphorhinus 

 cantans, 159. 



Bird music, in Patagonia, 146 ; in 

 South America, 1 18-163 ; diffi- 

 cult to describe, 1 18-151 ; aerial 

 character of, 151-157. 



Birds, song, number of species in 

 South America, 156. 



Blackbird, Argentine (Turdus fus- 

 cater), 155. 



Brazilians, attack on El Cariuen 

 by, 94-98. 



Broca, Dr. Paul, classification of 

 eyes, l9l. 



Bubo magellanicus, xre Owl. 



Buffon, a fancy of, 44; on Ameri- 

 can song birds, 157. 



Burroughs, Mr. John, on British 

 and American song birds, 153. 



Buteo erytbronotus, conspicuous- 

 ness of, 213. 



Buzzard, white-bi-easted, 213. 



Cachalote, 10. 



Cacti, fruit of, 49. 



Calandria mocking-bird (Miraus 



modulator), song of, 146-148. 

 Calodromus elegans, voice and 



habits of, 133-135. 

 Carancho, 175. 



Carmen de Patagones, 20 ; at- 

 tacked by a Brazilian force, 91- 



98. 

 Carrion-hawk (Milvago chimango), 



25. 

 Carter, Dr. Brudenell, on weak 



sight in civilized man, 182. 

 Cathartes atratus, 53. 

 Cavia australis, bones of, 38. 

 Chahar tree, 15; fruit of, 49; 



flowers of, 50. 

 Chi-chi, 106. 



C'hildren in Patagonia, 48. 

 Chloephaga magellauioa, 81. 

 Chrysomitris magellauica, sej sis- 

 kin. 

 CoUey-dog, character of, 59, 60. 

 Columba maculosa, depredations 



of, 80 ; song, 125. 

 Condalia spinosa, fruit of, 50. 

 Condor, 56, 79. 



Consi:)icuousness, effects of, 116. 

 Coots, wheat destroyed by, 79. 

 Courage, instinct of, 217-219. 

 Cow and pigs, friendship between, 



57,58. 

 C'oypii (Myiopotamus coypu), 



bones of, 38. 

 Craspedocephalus alternatus, 26. 

 Ctenomys magellauioa, bones of, 



38; habits of, 131-133. 

 Cusar-leofii, 35. 

 Ouvier, effect of some odours on, 



242. 

 Cyphorhinus cantans. Bates on, 



1 59. 



